Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, announced last week that the Pentagon was lifting the policy that had barred women from specific combat roles. But Marines who have served in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan  myself included  worry that the decision did not take the opinions of infantrymen into account.

Being an infantryman isnt just about uncomfortable living situations. Its kill or be killed, blood, entrails and fear. We are a brotherhood; a collection of ragtag men who hunt and kill the enemy and travel to undesirable places to do even more undesirable things. Maybe women can join the infantry and succeed, but many of us are not sure. Theres more at stake here than equal opportunity and political correctness.

Its the worst decision that the military could make, Marine Staff Sgt. Alex Reyes, who has deployed twice to both Afghanistan and Iraq, told me. I havent met an infantry Marine, from senior leadership to lower levels, that has been in agreement with the change and thats going to cause major problems when it is implemented. Even females I talk to think its a crazy idea  completely off the wall.

Theyre fighting and theyre dying together, he said during a Jan. 24 news conference. The time has come for our policies to recognize that reality.

Though the issue had been studied by the services, many Marines feel the policy change was rash and, despite promises of equal standards from officials, worry that those standards will be lowered to make it possible for women to get into front-line units.

I don’t mind the question being looked at, if there is zero political interference on the question. Thanks to technological advances, it is a reasonable question to ask if there are military positions that can now be filled by women that could not before.

But it has to be the military that does the assessment and politicians need to keep their mouths shut.

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posted on 01/29/2013 7:01:54 PM PST
by Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)

Technological advances? What the hell does that have to do with women in combat?

There is no currently used technology that makes females remotely as capable as men when it comes to humping 200+ pounds of gear, body armor and weaponry in nasty countries full of nasty thuggith people and shooting/blowing apart said thugs. Thugs that would like nothing better than to get their feral hands on some small 110 pound American woman thought she could handle combat.

If you stepped on an IED and got your legs blown off, would you want to rely on a woman half your size and weight and 30% of your body strength to drag you, under fire, to safety? This whole thing is bullsh!t, politically correct insanity.

Thanks to technological advances, it is a reasonable question to ask if there are military positions that can now be filled by women that could not before.

However, being able to fill some positions and not others is in itself a deficiency. If males are able to fill all positions and females only some, by introducing females to the equation, you are degrading your group by reducing your options.

>>>The Soviets in WW2 had women snipers ,which is a very specialized,and limited role.<<<

It was about sitting for weeks in a bog or climbing sewers and air systems in bombed out cities preying for careless Nazis, stupid enough to hang in the open. A few men could handle a job, thus it is not that demanding in terms of physical strength. Women are better than men in terms of wish for survival and making things done to accomplish it. They are more patient, accurate and careful. It has something with maternal instinct. Their bodies are more durable in terms of hypothermia.
And don’t get fooled with womens’ whining. It is a tool of manipulation to make males work for them. As soon as there are no males around to help them out they won’t whine.
Hasn’t one ever divorced here? How was it going? Who was a predator at the time? I guess you got what I mean.

All of the above doesn’t make women good soldiers for 95% of combat situations.

I disagree ... I believe that statement is wrong. Quite the contrary, in fact.

The demonicRats know full well that the Grunts (Army or Marine, Private to General) are against it. They know full well that their decision is detrimental to the effectiveness of the American military.

THAT is why Barackula the Destroyer is so much in favor of it.

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posted on 01/30/2013 4:46:53 PM PST
by ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)

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